Journeys of Faith is both an exciting and a frustrating book. Exciting, because it furthers robust ecumenical dialogue; frustrating, because it still only explored limited perspectives.
The book is a series of personal essays that recount each author’s move from one particular stream of Christianity to another: Wilbur Ellsworth tells of his migration from Baptist preacher to Eastern Orthodox priest, Francis Beckwith describes his return to Roman Catholicism from Evangelicalism, Chris Castaldo shares his journey from Catholicism to Evangelicalism and Lyle Dorsett tells of his trip from Evangelicalism to Anglicanism. Each essay is followed by a rejoinder from another author that critiques that particular faith tradition and then the original author is given room for a brief final response.
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